Do we have the power to create our own future as oncology nurses?

Rose Steele

This paper was the Keynote Address on Tuesday September 28, 2004, at

the sixteenth annual CANO conference in Calgary, Alberta.

It is published here at the request of conference attendees to have

Dr. Steele’s thoughts shared with all CONJ subscribers.

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